The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19
SUN B Fam S.
Delightful weather.

Corn planting is now in season.
Practice has been commenced by
our local ball tossers.
Judge Brown will hold court in
Grant county next week.
FOR SALE.-A good mower. In
quire at this office.
For sale or exchange for a horse.
one yoke of heavy oxen. Enquire at
this office.
A new No. ! American Sewing
Machine for sale cheap, on easy terms.
Apply at this office.
E. NJ. Haight is among the list
whose pensions have been increased
during the past week.
Two cows belonging to David
Crowley, Synnes. were killed by
lightning last Friday.
Besides her general stock Of MILL
merry Mrs. Whitley has now on hand
full line of ladies' notions.
Rev. Chas. HOLMAN is now CON-
fortably settled in his residence in
town. He moved into it this week.
A party of their young friends gave
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Inland very
pleasant surprise last Monday even
ing.
We understand that a friendly game
of ball will be played here on Deco
ration day between the local and
Herman mines.
There are several pieces of side
walk in the village that are in dan
gerous condition and demand the i'm
mediate attention of the proper au-
thoritles.
The news business of Thomas J.
Murphy has been turned over to
Frank Gaffney, who will deliver the
daily papers to subscribers and fill
all orders for any reading matter de-
sired.
A hard frost last Monday night did
a great deal of damage to gardens
that were at all advanced. Jos.
Shultz, of Swan Lake, says that in
his locality all cabbage and tomato
plants were destroyed.
John Hadler sustained a severe
bruise of the side last Sunday by fall.
ing on log. Several of his ribs were
badly strained, causing him good
deal of suffering for a few days. He
is nearly all right again.
A teacher in Meeker county was
tried on the charge of assault and
battery, for striking one of his pupils,
u girl Is years of age. The jury dis
agreed, as it was evenly divided as to
The guilt Of the accused.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt Deidrich's was buried in the
Catholic cemetery last Sunday after.
noon. The sympathy extended to the
parents was shown by an unusually
large attendance at the funeral.
A good portion of Morris is Duluth.
ward bound these days-to stay only
for a time however. There are
splendid opportunities in Duluth, like
every doomed place, to "drop the
wad" accumulated in more conserva.
tive towns.
The annual meeting of the Mime.
sofa Valley Conference of Congrega.
tional Churches. referred to last week
is now in session in this village. A
large number of delegates from diff
ferent parts of the state are in at.
tendance.
Last Friday needed rain fell il
large quantities; but not in time tt
save the crops from some damage by
the dry, windy weather. The cover.
ing on the grain had dried to dust
and during the strong wind tina,
prevailed for several days in many
high places the late sown seed wal
stripped.
Is it not about time to have remov
ed from it's present location the to
boggan slidea It is an obstruction tx
the street. Like all other cast-off.
that has done duty in it's better days
this heartless world is ready to con
denim it as a nuisance in its old days
BY all means then it should be re
moved.